Modernization of the equipment of ICU department at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia
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Description: The aim of the project was to increase the capacity of the intensive care unit of Zambia's largest state hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SECTOR (OECD): COVID
Budget in CZK: 9 286 853 Kč
Implementer: BLOCK a.s., PROFIL NÁBYTEK, a.s., Speciální Medicínská Technologie, s.r.o., LINET spol. s r.o.
Funding organization/s: Czech Development Agency
Contact - implementer: https://www.linet.com/cs
Contact - gestor: www.czechaid.cz/
Detailed description: Within the project, implemented in the form of the so-called tied financial donation, twenty-five multifunctional hospital beds for intensive care units, tables and cabinets, four electrosurgical units, eight UV disinfectants and other medical furniture produces by Czech manufacturers were delivered. The equipment was handed over for use at a time when Zambia was facing the largest wave of COVID-19 proliferation to date, with hospital capacity fully filled and insufficient beds for other serious cases, and the Czech Republic's assistance made a significant contribution to Zambia's capacity to cope with the impact of the pandemic.
COUNTRY/EMBASSY: Zambia
Nation-wide project: Selected regions
Project location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province
Project status: Completed